Securities Act of 1934 - Section 12(g)

December 23, 2005

Response of the Office of Chief Counsel
Division of Corporation Finance

Based on the facts presented in your letter, the Division of Corporation Finance concurs in the views expressed in your letter regarding the effect of voluntary registration under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on the treatment of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

The Division of Market Regulation has asked us to inform you that, based on the facts presented in your letter, the Division of Market Regulation concurs in the views expressed in your letter regarding the effect of voluntary registration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on the treatment of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and its securities under the Exchange Act.

The Division of Investment Management has asked us to inform you that, based on the facts presented in your letter, the Division of Investment Management concurs in the views expressed in your letter regarding the effect of voluntary registration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on the treatment of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and its securities under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The above positions are based solely on the facts presented in your letter. Any different facts or circumstances might require another conclusion. In particular, your letter and our response of course do not extend to situations where material information is omitted that would be necessary to be included to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.